1881 census county

Angus surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Angus in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

4,666 surnames are listed for Angus, covering 230,893 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 5,244 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Angus

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	5,244	1.94%	1.37x
2	Robertson	4,272	1.58%	9.42x
3	Anderson	3,640	1.34%	6.81x
4	Stewart	3,553	1.31%	8.39x
5	Scott	2,538	0.940%	3.71x
6	Mitchell	2,410	0.890%	4.39x
7	Brown	2,401	0.890%	1.35x
8	Thomson	2,119	0.780%	5.86x
9	Clark	2,023	0.750%	2.49x
10	Reid	1,769	0.650%	6.22x
11	Davidson	1,643	0.610%	7.22x
12	Taylor	1,614	0.600%	0.93x
13	Young	1,572	0.580%	2.70x
14	Low	1,569	0.580%	27.36x
15	Wilson	1,569	0.580%	1.26x
16	Nicoll	1,489	0.550%	60.55x
17	Watson	1,376	0.510%	2.19x
18	Henderson	1,346	0.500%	4.58x
19	Ramsay	1,317	0.490%	18.89x
20	Christie	1,312	0.480%	14.95x
21	Ross	1,203	0.440%	4.07x
22	Lindsay	1,191	0.440%	13.50x
23	Simpson	1,170	0.430%	2.47x
24	Gray	1,167	0.430%	3.02x
25	Walker	1,164	0.430%	1.28x
26	Millar	1,129	0.420%	11.43x
27	Martin	1,116	0.410%	1.67x
28	Campbell	1,088	0.400%	2.38x
29	Bruce	1,085	0.400%	8.56x
30	Grant	1,041	0.380%	3.88x
31	Murray	1,029	0.380%	3.07x
32	Johnston	1,027	0.380%	4.70x
33	Strachan	1,006	0.370%	21.56x
34	Fraser	994	0.370%	4.13x
35	Petrie	965	0.360%	30.00x
36	Findlay	951	0.350%	16.96x
37	Webster	949	0.350%	4.03x
38	Alexander	921	0.340%	6.43x
39	Gordon	914	0.340%	5.36x
40	Black	907	0.340%	5.18x
41	Forbes	899	0.330%	9.91x
42	Gibson	885	0.330%	2.69x
43	Bell	879	0.320%	1.73x
44	Wilkie	864	0.320%	22.38x
45	Watt	850	0.310%	8.19x
46	Ogilvie	843	0.310%	32.20x
47	Chalmers	826	0.310%	12.82x
48	Whyte	800	0.300%	17.43x
49	Allan	792	0.290%	4.66x
50	Donaldson	784	0.290%	10.16x
51	Ritchie	779	0.290%	8.33x
52	Miller	777	0.290%	1.60x
53	Hunter	768	0.280%	2.76x
54	Morrison	746	0.280%	3.51x
55	Wallace	735	0.270%	3.97x
56	Fairweather	728	0.270%	34.72x
57	Paterson	715	0.260%	3.88x
58	Doig	709	0.260%	44.52x
59	Cameron	695	0.260%	3.30x
60	Ferguson	694	0.260%	3.62x
61	Smart	692	0.260%	5.62x
62	White	683	0.250%	0.79x
63	Kidd	680	0.250%	12.34x
64	Sturrock	676	0.250%	69.26x
65	Cargill	657	0.240%	61.30x
66	Kennedy	631	0.230%	3.87x
67	Lawson	631	0.230%	3.95x
68	Robb	624	0.230%	13.33x
69	Paton	618	0.230%	10.21x
70	Donald	614	0.230%	11.27x
71	Small	597	0.220%	8.69x
72	Hill	596	0.220%	0.86x
73	Shepherd	583	0.220%	2.94x
74	Soutar	582	0.220%	60.36x
75	Fleming	579	0.210%	5.15x
76	Baxter	577	0.210%	3.58x
77	Adam	569	0.210%	12.24x
78	Beattie	520	0.190%	8.98x
79	Mann	515	0.190%	3.61x
80	Graham	499	0.180%	1.61x
81	Moir	498	0.180%	13.38x
82	Adamson	496	0.180%	6.93x
83	Wood	496	0.180%	0.58x
84	Stephen	486	0.180%	10.24x
85	Jack	475	0.180%	8.26x
86	Williamson	470	0.170%	1.94x
87	Laing	468	0.170%	8.61x
88	Ferrier	467	0.170%	29.66x
89	Greig	467	0.170%	10.90x
90	Marshall	460	0.170%	1.01x
91	Lamb	457	0.170%	3.20x
92	Butchart	455	0.170%	74.59x
93	Kerr	453	0.170%	3.07x
94	Nicol	452	0.170%	8.02x
95	Burnett	451	0.170%	6.02x
96	Gibb	450	0.170%	9.42x
97	Hay	443	0.160%	4.46x
98	Adams	437	0.160%	1.10x
99	Dick	435	0.160%	7.21x
100	Edwards	434	0.160%	0.58x